Container



Sept. 10, 1929. E, J, RANTSCH 1,727,938

CONTAINER Filed June 29, 1928 INVENTOR UWM! La! ATT Patented Sept. 10, 1929.

UNITED STATES PATENT;orafi/Clit. i

EDWARD J'. RANTSCH, OF HOLLIS, LONG ISLAND, NEW' YORKLA'SSIGNOR T0 `IMETAIIS PACKAGE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK,A

OF NEW YORK.

Application led June 29,

This invention relates to containers .preferably of the sheet met-al type employing a removable cover.

The principal object of the invention is the 6 production of a container of the above type having novel and simple means for detachably locking the cover to the body of the container. y

To the above ends the invention consists in l0 the novel container hereinafter more particularly described and then specified in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing illustrating a practical embodiment of the invention:

Fig. l is a perspective view of a container showing my invention applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of a fragmentary portion of the yupper part of the container showing the locking parts in inopera- 20 tive position.

Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the locking parts in operative position.

Fig. 4 is a cross-section on the line 4 4; of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a front elevation of a fragmentary portion of the upper part of the container showing a modification.

' Fig. 6 is a similar view showing a further modification.

Referring in detail to the drawing:

l indicates the body of a circular sheet metal container of any conventional type provided adjacent its upper edge with a pressed out circular bead 2 forming a neck 35' 3 for receiving a cover 4 the lower edge of the downwardly depending iiange 5 of which is preferably adapted to seat on said bead 2 when the cover is lockingly applied to said neck.

The neck 3 is provided at spaced intervals on its periphery with a plurality of series of outwardly pressed parallel beads 6 inclined to the horizontal and connected together at one end by a more or less longitudinally eX- 45 tending outwardly pressed bead 7 to form a series of horse-shoe shaped members providing one element of the locking device for detachably locking the cover to the body of the container.

The flange 5 of the cover is provided with 0F NEW YORK,`N. yY., A CORPORATION CONTAINER.

192s. serial no. 289,110.

a plurality,y of allel beads 8` inclined tothe horizontal at the same angle as the beads 6 on the neck. This series ofmembers provides the second element for the locking device previously referred to. o i

To detachably lock the -cover to the body of the container, the cover is placed on the neck in the position showninFig. 2 with each one of the series oir'y locking members on the cover lying intermediate two of the series of locking members on the neck. The cover is then turned in aclockwise direction to torce the parallel beadsvS into engagement with and beneath the parallel beads 6 and because of the inclination of said beads the cover will be vdrawn downwardly in an obvious manner untilrthe ends of the upper of the inclined beads 8 strike against the longitudinal beadsll 7-of ythe horse-shoe shaped members, all as more clearly shown in Fig. 3. When in this position the cover is detachably locked to the body and the lower edge of the flange 5 of the cover then preferably engages the bead 7 on the body* In the modification illustrated in Fig. 5 the series of horse-shoe shaped members 9 constituting one element of the locking device are formed on the flange of the cover instead of on the neck of the body as in the preferred form of the invention and the series of inclined members l0 are formed on the neck of the body. Obviously the same result is secured in this case as in the preferred form of the invention.

In the modification illustrated in Fig. 6 both the flange of the cover and the neck of the body are formed with horse-shoe shaped members 11 and 12 respectively disposed to each other in opposite directions with one end of the inclined bead of each locking element engaging the longitudinal bead of the other element to provide a double stop when the parts are in interlocked position.

What I claim as my invention is:

l. A container comprising a body member and a cover member adapted to interfit therewith and locking means for detachably locking said body and cover together and comseries of inwardly pressed kparprising a series of outwardly pressed horseshoe shaped beads on one of said ymembers and a series of inwardly pressed beads on the other of said members adapted to interlock therewith.

2. A container comprising a body member and a cover member and locking means for detachably locking said body and cover together and comprising a series of outwardly pressed horse-shoe shaped beads inclined from the horizontal on one of said members and a series of inclined inwardly pressed beads on the other of said members adapted to interlock therewith.

3. A container comprising a body member and a cover member and locking means or detachably locking said'body and cover together and comprising a 'plurality of outwardly pressed beads on one of said members inclined v.from the horizontal and parallel to each other, a longitudinally extending bead on said member extending in a plane bisecting the plane of said lirst-named beads and connecting the ends of said firstnamed beadsand a plurality of inwardly pressed inclined beads on the other of said members inclined in the same direction as said first-named beadsone of which is adapted to engage said longitudinally extending bead to prevent rotation of the cover beyond a fixed distance in one direction.

Signed at Brooklyn in the county of Kings and State of New York this 27th day of June7 A. D. 1928.

EDWARD J. RANTSCH. 

